Oranje, Waterkloof, Collegiate dominate at St Mary’s Waverley Festival
Oranje, Hoërskool Waterkloof, Rhenish Girls’ High, and Collegiate Girls’ High established themselves as front-runners for the title at the St Mary’s Waverley Hockey Festival on Friday.
The quartet dominated their respective pools and remains undefeated in the annual showpiece.
Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools
Waterkloof strung together a four-match winning streak on the second day to storm to first place in Pool A ahead of the overnight leaders, St Mary’s DSG Kloof, who recorded a win, a draw, and a defeat in their three outings.
Waterkloof recorded tight 1-0 victories over three KwaZulu-Natal schools – The Wykeham Collegiate, Durban Girls’ College, and St Mary’s DSG Kloof. Coach Omari Pienaar-Geyer’s charges then put a bow on their performances by beating Parel Vallei 4-0 in their final Pool A match.
Klofies finished their round one campaign with 19 points from six wins and a draw. St Mary’s DSG Kloof, the defending champion, was in second place with 14 points from four wins, two draws, and a single loss.
Oranje carried on from where they left off on day one. The Bloemfontein ladies began their day with a 2-1 win over Paarl Gimnasium, followed it up with a 3-0 triumph over Bloemhof, and then ended their round one campaign with a 1-0 victory over Reddam House Constantia.
Those three wins meant that they finished their Pool B campaign with 19 points from six victories and a draw. The six-time winners of the festival scored 16 goals and conceded only once. Paarl Gimnasium placed second in the pool after recording four wins, two draws, and one loss.
Collegiate was indomitable in Pool C. The ladies from Gqeberha scored 15 goals and conceded only one in four matches on Friday. Coach Michael Abrahams‘ charges began their day with a 2-1 win over Eunice, then went on a goal-scoring rampage, with back-to-back 4-0 wins over Penryn and Somerset College before firing five unanswered goals past Windhoek High.
They completed their round one matches with 17 points, scoring five wins and two draws. Menlopark ended second in Pool C, with their four victories and three draws giving them 15 points.
Rhenish won three and drew one on day two of the festival to bag first place in Pool D. The Stellenbosch school defeated Herschel 2-1, edged out St Anne’s 1-0, and beat Pearson 2-0, before recording a goalless draw with Our Lady of Fatima in their final match, which left them with 15 points fom four wins and three draws.
Pool D was hit hard on the opening day, Thursday, by matches that were called off because of lightning, with those matches being scored as goalless draws. Thus, Our Lady of Fatima placed second with two wins, five draws, and 11 points.
RESULTS
Pool A
Parel Vallei 2-0 Roedean
St Mary’s DSG Kloof 0-0 Affies
St John’s DSG 1-1 Durban Girls’ College
Waterkloof 1-0 The Wykeham Collegiate
Affies 0-0 Parel Vallei
St Mary’s DSG Kloof 1-0 St John’s DSG
The Wykeham Collegiate 5-0 Roedean
Parel Vallei 2-0 Durban Girls’ College
Roedean 0-0 Affies
St John’s DSG 1-0 The Wykeham Collegiate
Waterkloof 1-0 St Mary’s DSG Kloof
Waterkloof 4-0 Parel Vallei
Affies 3-1 The Wykeham Collegiate
St Mary’s DSG Kloof 1-0 Durban Girls’ College
Pool B
Oranje 2-1 Paarl Gim
Reddam House 1-0 Clarendon
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 1-0 St Stithians
Bloemhof 0-0 Garsfontein
Paarl Gim 2-0 Reddam House
St Stithians 1-0 Clarendon
Garsfontein 1-0 Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High
Oranje 3-0 Bloemhof
Oranje 1-0 Reddam House
Garsfontein 2-0 St Stithians
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 1-0 Clarendon
Paarl Gim 1-0 Bloemhof
Pool C
Menlopark 0-0 St Cyprian’s
Collegiate 2-1 Eunice
Somerset 3-0 Penryn
Menlopark 1-0 St Mary’s Waverley
Eunice 0-0 St Cyprian’s
Somerset 0-0 Windhoek
Collegiate 4-0 Penryn
Collegiate 4-0 Somerset
Eunice 0-0 St Mary’s Waverley
Menlopark 4-0 Penryn
St Cyprian’s 3-1 Windhoek
St Cyprian’s 1-0 Somerset
Collegiate 5-0 Windhoek
St Mary’s Waverley 3-0 Penryn
Menlopark 1-0 Eunice
Pool D
Our Lady of Fatima 2-0 St Anne’s
Pearson 1-0 St Andrew’s School
Paarl Girls’ High 1-0 St Mary’s Waverley Festival XI
Rhenish 2-1 Herschel
Our Lady of Fatima 1-1 Pearson
Rhenish 1-0 St Anne’s
St Andrew’s School 1-1 Paarl Girls’ High
Herschel 3-0 St Mary’s Waverley Festival XI
Rhenish 2-0 Pearson
Herschel 1-0 Paarl Girls’ High
Our Lady of Fatima 3-0 St Mary’s Festival XI
St Anne’s 2-0 St Andrew’s School
Pearson 4-0 St Mary’s Waverley Festival XI
Our Lady of Fatima 0-0 Rhenish
St Anne’s 2-0 Paarl Girls’ High
Herschel 0-0 St Andrew’s School
